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This article originally posted 23 May, 2006 and appeared in  Issue 313

Test Your Knowledge Issue 313

Betty Smith has type 1 diabetes and is about to have dinner and needs to calculate her dosage of insulin for her meal:
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  • She took 10 u of Lantus at 7AM.
  • Correction factor is 1 unit of novolog and lowers her BG 30mg/dL.
  • Pre-Meal Goal is 120mg/dL.
  • Carb Ratio is 1 unit per 15Gm Carbohydrates
  • Her pre-lunch reading is 270mg/dL.
  • She is going to eat 90 Gms of carbs for dinner.

How much Novolog will she need to inject to get herself back to her goal of 120mg/dL?

She also made a correction to her blood sugars 2 hours ago of 7 units of Novolog.

What is her correct dose?

Please choose one:

1. 11u of Novolog

2. 5u of Novolog

3. 7u of Novolog

4. 8u of Novolog

5. 10u of Novolog

For the correct answer, please click here.

 
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This article originally posted 23 May, 2006 and appeared in  Issue 313

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